In person / Film Screening / Multiple Techniques

Textiles on Film is a collection of short textile-related films curated by Jasmin Risk. The ubiquity of textiles is threaded through films that range from digitally animated lace, explorations of folk and indigenous craft, scrap fabric arrangements, the power of clothing to express butch identity, weaving tradition, knitted animation, and more.

Films:

2007 - 2022 at 239 Ingraham Street, María-Elena Pombo, 03m03s

Virágom, virágom, Anna Járai, 10m

The Threads that Hold the Earth Together, Dominique Bartels, 3m01s

Matriz, Film by Francisco echo Eraso with Cinematography by Devin Utah and Sound score by Jess Saldaña, 5m31s

Black Beauty in the Garden Film, Jadea Knight, 1m20sec

Interview with Sydney, Lillian van Veen, 3m30s

The Circle of life, Milan Zulic, 3m31s

Trama de Piedra (Stone Weave), Nicolas Angel Gomez Luque / Diana Marcela Murcia-Molina 7m20s

Trouble at the Mill, Meech, Sam Meech, 1m

The Braided Hands, Elisa Lutteral, 1m59s

No registration required.

Jasmin Risk is a NY-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. Their work has been exhibited and performed at Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (NY), The Zetland Basement (UK), Recession Art (Brooklyn), Dixon Place (NY), Dye House 451 (UK), The Glasshouse (NY), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn), among others. Risk’s work is featured in numerous publications, including Girls Get Busy Zine and Luma Quarterly. Risk earned their BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons in 2016, and their MFA in Textiles at Parsons in 2023. Risk is a recipient of the 2022 MFA Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) scholarship.

jasminrisk.com

@jasminriskstudio

In person / Workshop / Multiple Techniques

Scandinavia House, in partnership with New York Textile Month, is pleased to present the second iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a weekend exhibition, program, and workshop highlighting contemporary Nordic textiles. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery, the program includes artist talks and curator walkthrough, a reception, and hands-on workshops. The weekend program will also highlight work from recent textile art graduates from Textilhögskolan Borås.

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER is a Nordic textile collaboration project co-curated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US), Director of New York Textile Month, and Emily Stoddart (CA), manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House, New York. Support has been provided by the Icelandic Craft Council.

Sunday, September 14

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Crochet Hot Dog Workshop with Randi Samsonsen; $25 ($20 ASF Members)
Join Faroese artist Randi Samsonsen on a crochet journey of the hot dog, a long-beloved NYC staple! There are endless possibilities to use left-over yarns. Read more here.

12:00 - 3:00 PM: The Extravagant Bloom Brooch Workshop with Heidi Hankaniemi; $25 ($20 ASF Members)
Join textile and performance artist Heidi Hankaniemi on a quest to repurpose vintage embroideries and sew a brooch on a backing of industrial felt with a brooch clasp.

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Workshop with Juha Vehmaanperä; $25 ($20 ASF Members)

12:00 - 5:00 PM: Open Gallery Hours; free

left photo: Randi Samsonsen; center photo: Heidi Hankaniemi; right photo: Juha Vehmaanperä

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

Scandinavia House, in partnership with New York Textile Month, is pleased to present the second iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a weekend exhibition, program, and workshop highlighting contemporary Nordic textiles. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery, the program includes artist talks and curator walkthrough, a reception, and hands-on workshops. The weekend program will also highlight work from recent textile art graduates from Textilhögskolan Borås.

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER is a Nordic textile collaboration project co-curated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US), Director of New York Textile Month, and Emily Stoddart (CA), manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House, New York. Support has been provided by the Icelandic Craft Council.

Program Schedule:
Saturday, September 13

2:00 PM: Artist Talk: Randi Samsonsen (Faroe Islands)

2:30 PM: Artist Talk: Juha Vehmaanperä (Finland)

3:00 PM: Curator walkthrough of the exhibition in the Scandinavia House Galleries

4:00 - 6:00 PM: Reception

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Interwoven: Nordic Knits & Crochet in Contemporary Art and Design

Exhibition in three parts

Knitting and crochet have long been woven into the cultural fabric of the Nordic countries. Rooted in centuries of tradition, these skills are commonly learned from a young age, still part of school curriculums today. Once essential for making warm garments to endure long winters, they are now passed on as a cultural tradition, keeping the craft alive across generations.

Knitting with yarn began to appear in contemporary art in the 1960s and 70s, during the rise of the fiber art movement. This period challenged the traditional hierarchy that placed crafts such as knitting in the realm of “low art” beneath painting or sculpture. Within a wave of feminist practice, knitting and crochet shifted from the domestic sphere into the realm of creative and political expression, becoming tools for storytelling, resistance, and experimentation.

Today, Nordic artists and designers continue to push this legacy forward, expanding the possibilities of textile-making beyond its utilitarian roots. Their works explore form, structure, and surface, sometimes embracing traditional techniques, sometimes dismantling them to invent new approaches. Materials range from repurposed yarns and recycled fibers to unconventional elements such as horsehair and algae-based wool, harvested from Nordic waters.

In this exhibition, design and art are presented side by side, offering a lens into the many expressions of this age-old method. Knitting becomes more than a craft, it is a way of thinking, a tactile archive of heritage, and a continually evolving art form and innovation for new fashion materials. Here, interwoven histories and contemporary voices meet in each loop and knot, connecting the past to the present, necessity to imagination, and tradition to radical reinvention.

Featuring: Isabel Berglund (Denmark), Álfrún Pálmadóttir (Iceland), Ása Bríet (Iceland), Asta Gudmundsdottir (Iceland), Randi Samsonsen (Faroe Islands), Kamilla Kuszon (Denmark), Astrid Brøndgaard Jensen (Denmark)Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (Iceland), Högna Sól Thorkelsdóttir (Iceland), Olivia Maj Ballentyne (Sweden), Halla Ármansdottir (Iceland), Juha Vehmaanperä (Finland), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (Norway), Karlssonwilker, Inc. (Iceland/New York).

In person / Open Studio / Multiple Techniques

"Fiber in Focus," a three-day open studio event at TI Art Studios, will showcase textile and fiber art. Located in an expansive studio building at the edge of Brooklyn's Red Hook and Gowanus neighborhoods, the event offers an opportunity to explore the vibrant world of working fiber artists.

This event provides a unique chance to delve into the diverse and intricate world of fiber art by visiting the individual studios of six dedicated artists, each with a distinct approach and a variety of mediums.

- Natale Adgnot is a sculptor who uses mixed media, including fabrics, horsehair, and thermoplastics, to create fiber and textile sculptures.
- Nicholas Cueva's work is a multifaceted exploration of fabrics in the context of visual information and compression, expanding on the texture and pattern of different weaves.
- Sandra Giunta, inspired by the natural world, creates felted and stitched sculptural pieces with wool and other natural fibers to highlight interconnectedness and biiophilia.
- Kathie Halfin weaves sustainable materials such as sisal, flax, and hand-spun paper to create tactile sculptures rooted in weaving and basket-making traditions.
- Elise Putnam draws on fabric using crayon, dye, collage, appliqué, and embroidery to create exaggerated self-portraits that reflect familiar characterizations of women, such as fairy tale characters and art historical figures.
- Melissa Zexter combines traditional embroidery skills with photography, sewing directly onto her unique photographs. Through her manipulation of the image’s surface, the photographs become unique, non-reproducible objects.

Visitors are invited to witness works in progress and gain insight into the creative process, from initial concept to detailed execution. This event is a chance to engage directly with the artists, discuss their unique practices, and learn firsthand about the dedication and skill involved in their craft.

Dates and Hours:

Friday, Sept 12, 2025: 6:00–8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Sept 13–14, 2025: 12:00–5:00 PM

No registration required

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 12th - Sept 14th

TI Art Studios presents a vibrant collective of six textile artists, all working within our dynamic community of many resident artists. As exhibitors for New York Textile Month, we're excited to offer visitors a unique opportunity to step directly into our working studios. You'll witness a diverse range of fiber art come to life, from the intricate textures sewing and weaving to the delicate stitches of embroidery and the fluid forms of wet felting. Our unique approaches to fiber mediums reflect the rich tapestry of artistic talent fostered at TI Art Studios, offering a compelling and immersive experience for all attendees.

@natale_adgnot
@nicholascueva
@sangiunta
@eclectic_body
@putnamelise
@MelissaZexter

In-Person / Exhibition Opening / Multiple Techniques

Join us on September 11 to celebrate the opening of AIR 16's Final Exhibition, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, at Textile Arts Center (505 Carroll Street, NY, 11215).

On view: September 11 - 24, 2025

Salt Water Remembers features works by the 16th cycle of Textile Arts Center’s Artist In Residence program, curated by TAC + AIR16.

“What we hold close: fiber, pigment, plants, and scraps.

We gather our work into a living vessel, a constellation of materials and gestures that trace what remains. Salt Water Remembers invites us to see through obscurity, to feel in the dark, to move through the silence where history slips away.

This exhibition unfolds as a meditation on memory, inheritance, and the unseen systems that shape and hold us. Stitched constellations, sculpted roots, and ephemeral installations- we illuminate the cycles of decay/renewal, displacement/belonging, concealment/presence.

Our work is shaped by what the world casts off: fruit skins, dyed scraps, artifacts of daily use. These materials trace lineage, loss, and possibility. From corn husks to mycelial threads, each piece resists erasure. What has been overlooked is honored. What has been detached is re-stitched into form.

These works emerge in a moment when the world itself feels precarious, shifting, splintering, circling back. We find ourselves once again in the midst of upheaval. Wars rage, ideologies harden, and the shadows of empire and division creep forward. Historic patterns repeat, in our memory, and in our embodied reality. In light of these forces, we offer remembrance, resilience, and repair. Networks of care thrive beneath the surface, unseen but alive.

We consider the body as archive, language as residue, and nature as collaborator. We reimagine textiles as sites of ritual, landscapes, maps, and tools for bearing witness to gestures both intimate and galactic. Some works consider displacement and the weight of colonial frameworks. Others meander to magic, sensing the invisible through alchemy and intuition. There is grief here, and also reverence. A tenderness in how loss is held and transformed. Each of us offers a different form of storytelling, rooted in lived experience, imagination, in personal myth and communal memory.” - by AIR 16

TAC AIR16: Quinci Baker, Fay Ku, Josué Morales Urbina, Leo Pontius, Malaika Temba, Mark Fleuridor, Faviola Lopez-Romani, Rose Malenfant.

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This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 11th - Sept 24th

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of textiles through creative educational programs for children and adults. At TAC, we unite and empower the textile community and advocate for the handmade by providing accessible, skills-based classes that reinvigorate engagement with traditional crafts.

textileartscenter.com

@textileartscenter

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

Upon entry in the Powerhouse Arts (PHA) Lobby, visitors will encounter Rainbow Mountains: Storm (2024), a work from a series Liz Collins most notably exhibited in La Biennale di Venezia’s 60th International Art Exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque — Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. In the PHA Loft, Tundra Garden, among Collins’s most ambitious installations to date, features nine monumental textile panels spanning over 193 square feet, created in collaboration with The Alpha Workshops at PHA, and complemented by custom furniture by New York maker Dune. The transformed Loft will serve as a public lounge during the Powerhouse: International performing arts festival.

A limited edition print by Collins will be published through PHA’s Print Publishing Program this fall, and the installations themselves will remain on view through December 2025.

In conjunction with this unveiling, PHA is also proud to celebrate the opening of Body Grounds: The Intimacy of Memory, Myth, and Loss, which brings together Lauren Cohen, Stephanie Santana, Jacob Olmedo, and Pacifico Silano—four past artists-in-residence at Ace Hotel, presented through PHA's recent year-long co-curatorial partnership. These artists’ practices examine how personal narrative, identity, and cultural memory are shaped by systems of power, trauma, and resilience. Through humor, mythology, materiality, and loss, each artist navigates and investigates the body as a grounding site—where intimacy is in flux and memory is both a burden and a place of resistance. The exhibition will remain on view through Oct 9, 2025.

RSVP Here

Powerhouse Arts (PHA) is a Brooklyn-based not-for-profit organization committed to creative expression. Their purpose-built facility hosts an extended network of art and fabrication professionals and educators who work together to co-create and share artistic practices vital to the wellbeing of artists and the communities to which they belong.

powerhousearts.org

@powerhouse_arts

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

SENSORY-SCAPES is a multisensory textile exhibit that engages audiences through the senses and is accessible by design.

Born with albinism, and visually impaired, Sugandha Gupta creates Sensory-Textiles, a collection of textiles and wearables that encourage audiences to engage through touch, sound, smell, and sight.

Gupta is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. Her research is at the intersection of multisensory art, design, and embodied justice.

With over 18 years of experience in the textile industry and an established textile art practice, Gupta’s work is exhibited at The Guggenheim Museum, The Met Museum, UN Headquarters, Hunterdon Art Museum, The American Craft Council, and the Smithsonian Craft Show among other museums and galleries. She has won prestigious awards such as The Dorthy Waxman Textile Prize, International Design Award, and CFDA Design Graduate.

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Positive Exposure, a non profit 501 (c) (3) organization, promotes a more equitable, compassionate world for individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion through art, culture, photography, film, community storytelling, education, and advocacy.

PositiveExposure.org

@positiveexposure

@sugandha.in.here

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

The love of beautifully hand-crafted textiles is the thread that connects Hatsumi Yoshida and Mary Jaeger, two independent designers who work across international borders. Having exhibited together in Kyoto (2024), they'll reunite this year in Brooklyn for NYTM X. Their collections focus on layering materials, dyeing techniques, hand-stitching and unexpected embellishments. They create innovative wearable and interior works that embody sustainability and eco-consciousness as they navigate the cross-cultural tensions of small-scale artisanal production and global trade. Their unconventional textiles are collected by those who wish to wear and surround themselves - at home, at work, at play - with the extraordinary beauty and energy of the hand-made.

Get inspired by their stories at Exhibition Opening Artist's Talks on Saturday, Sept 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM.

Explore and collect their work at Mary's atelier in Williamsburg from Saturday, Sept 6 – Sunday, Sept 14, 2025: 12:00–6:00 PM. (other times by appointment).

Get informed about current design issues at two distinct panel discussions on Sunday, Sept 7 & Sunday, Sept 14, 2025: 2:00 PM

Experiment with materials at a workshop on Saturday, Sept 13, 2025: 2:00–4:00 PM (check event here)

No registration required

left photo: Mary Jaeger; right photo: Hatsumi Yoshida

"The core of my work is inspired by my passion for color, texture, pattern, and handcrafted details." — Mary Jaeger

Mary Jaeger's work is about modern elegance and rich traditions. Uncluttered textiles and accessories reflect her aesthetic, melding ancient Eastern and contemporary Western design. Drawing on years spent in Japan and other areas of Asia and Europe, she creates timeless collections of hand-dyed textiles for wearable accessories and interiors that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions. 

@maryjaeger_ny

“I want my clothing to enhance the self-expression of those who wear them” — Hatsumi Yoshida

Hatsumi Yoshida is committed to the creative activity of making clothing and accessories. Her unique textiles and bold, supple designs create a one-of-a-kind presence, drawing admirers from both men and women alike. Hatsumi’s work has been exhibited across Japan, New York and Jakarta, captivating audiences and inviting them to discover a new version of themselves, conscious of sustainable materials and upcycling.

@hatsumiyoshida122

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

“How Do You Wear? is a mixed-media textile installation that explores how clothing bears the marks of disabled life. For many physically disabled individuals, the artist included, garments often degrade in predictable ways: forearm fabric thinning from crutch use, elbows rubbing on wheels, seams tearing, fabrics pilling and shredding in irregular patterns. This project reframes that inevitable wear as evidence of interaction, resilience, and storytelling rather than frustration or failure.”

Sydney Keller is a designer and researcher exploring the relationship between materials and disabled bodies, revealing wear as a form of visual storytelling.

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Positive Exposure, a non profit 501 (c) (3) organization, promotes a more equitable, compassionate world for individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion through art, culture, photography, film, community storytelling, education, and advocacy.

PositiveExposure.org

@positiveexposure

Online / Presentation / Multiple Techniques

Presented online by Lidewij Edelkoort

17:00 Paris CET

11:00 New York EST

8:00 West Coast PST

Tickets: $125 — including a copy of Proud South Craft shipped to your door!

Join us on September 4th for an inspiring look at new craft and design from the Global South! Coinciding with Maison & Objet’s September edition, this 60-minute trend presentation brings together the dynamic work of emerging and established creatives. As Edelkoort observes, "Craft is the direct link humans have with their ancestors and the beginning of civilisation." She feels this irreversible revival of craft reflects society’s desire for authenticity and tactility, to complement our modern mode of living, but more so, craft embodies our urgent need to affirm the power of humans over machines and artificial intelligence. Hence, the idea of an activist counterculture, manifesting with palpable proof that the made-by-hand can become a Proud South revolutionary movement to reckon with.  
 

The copy of Proud South Craft you will receive! 
Proud South Craft is the second volume in a series that celebrates the creative forces of the new Global South. Through the expressive lens of contemporary craft, embraced as a tool for transformation, this book highlights furniture, art, lighting, textiles, ceramics, woodwork, basketry, stonework, glass and more. With over 400 pages of captivating stories and inspiring imagery, this book is also an object to covet, designed by Mariola Lopez Mariño, putting the visuals on the pedestal they deserve and proudly sealing them in a beautiful metallic cover. Therefore, this webinar and book are the perfect way to discover the exciting voices from the southern parts of the planet that are redefining craft, design and culture.

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Lidewij Edelkoort is arguably the world's most renowned trend forecaster, working in industries from fashion to food, design, architecture, tech, communication, automotive and retail. Founded in 1986, her company Trend Union produces trend tools for strategists, designers and marketers at brands from Zara to Prada. She is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator and exhibition curator. In 2015, she established an MFA Textile Masters at Parsons and New York Textile Month. In 2020, she co-founded the World Hope Forum to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Since 2022, she is the founder and mentor of Polimoda’s textile master Farm to Fabric to Fashion.Edelkoort has been named one of the Most Influential People in Fashion and one of the Most Influential People in Design. Written in 2014, her much-talked about ANTI_FASHION Manifesto was the first to raise awareness about the shifts and upheavals currently experienced in the global fashion industry. From 1998-2008 she was Chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven before moving to New York from 2015-2020 where she was Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons, establishing an MFA Textile Masters and New York Textile Month. In 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, she co-founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Edelkoort's latest publications include Proud South (2022), Uxua Utopia (2022), and Proud South Craft (2025), each of which celebrate the creative talent of the Global South.

@lidewijedelkoort

@worldhopeforum